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G S. UPTON.

(No Model.)

OIL GAN.

' '1 'PatentedMay 29,1894.

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OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,505, dated May 29, 1894.-

Application filed March 25, 1892- Serial No. 426,351. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that LOHARLES S. UPToN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil- Cans, of which the following is a specification, such as Wlll enable those skilled in the art to WllljCl} itappertains to make and use the same.

'1h1s lnvention is an improvement in oil cans and is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the accompanying drawings form a part wherein similar numerals of reference designate like parts wherever found throughout both views, and in which- Figure 1, is a perspective view of an oil can provided with my improvements, and Fig. 2,

a similar view, in which some of the parts are shown in a different position.

The object of my invention is to provide an 011 can which is less liable to injury from shipment, or rough handling in storage, that can be safely stored or packed in large numbers, 1n less space than with ordinary cans, and in which the filling opening and pumplng devices are inclosed and protected when not in use.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numeral 1, designates the body of the can, 2, the ordinary top, 3, the filling orifice provided with the usual cap, 4, the siphon of thepump and 5, the top of the piston or other means by which the siphon is operated and the oil pumped from the can. All these parts being of ordinary and well known construction, and forming no part of this invention their detail construction and arrangement are not shown.

ProJecting upwardly from the body of the can 1, and preferably formed integrally therewith, is an annular flange or rim 6, of any desired height, and to this rim at; diametrically opposite points on the inner side thereof s pivoted or hinged to attachments secured, in any desired manner, the bail or handle 7, so that when not in use, the said bail or handle will fold or rest upon the top 2, of the can, within the rim or flange 6, as shown in Fig. 1.

Hinged to the top of the flange or rim 6, at diametrically opposite points and preferably on a line passing across the center of the top of the can at right angles to the line of the attachment of the handle 7, are hinged covers 8, which are designed to close down as shown in Fig. 2, and inclose all the operative parts of the can, and even the handle, when the can is in storage, or shipment, or when it is not desired to carry the can about. These covers as will be seen,are each designed,preferably, to cover but half of the can,and when closed down come together in the manner shown in Fig. 2,.one being preferably provided with a raised portion which overlaps the edge of the other. In the contiguous edges of these covers are formed notches or indentations 9, which form, when the covers are closed as in Fig. 2, perforations or openings 10, and whenever it is desired to carry the can about without exposing the filling and pumping apparatus,the handle or bail is raised to the position shown, and the covers 8, closed,in which position they may be secured in any desired manner.

I haveshown the siphon pipe4, in dotted lines in Fig. 1, elevated to the position it usually occupies when it is desired to fill a lamp or other vessel, which is usually placed upon the top 2, of the can. When not in use, however, the top of said pipe, as shown in full lines, is preferably on a level with the top of the cover 3, of the filling orifice, the pump 5, and the rim or flange 6. As thus constructed all the specified parts serve as supports for the covers 8, when closed down as shown in Fig. 2, and render them less liable to be crushed in or otherwise damaged, and other supports, attached to the cover 2, may be provided if desired.

While I have shown and described my im provement as applied to oil cans it is evident that the same may be applied to other forms of cans or vessels, or to cans or vessels adapted to other uses, and it is also evident that many changes may be made in the construction of the various parts of my invention and in their combination and arrangement without departing from the scope thereof, and I do not limit myself to the exact form herein shown, but

Having fully described my invention, its construction and operation, I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, the following:

1. The combination with an oil can or other vessel provided with an annular flange or rim as 6, of a bailhinged thereto and adapted to fold thereimand hinged covers as 8, provided with openings through which the bail passes when the-covers are closed and the bail elevated for use, substantially as shown and described.

5 2. The combination with an oil can provided with filling and pumping devices and an annular flange or rim as 6, of a bail or handle hinged to said flange, 0r rim and adapted to fold therein, and covers as 8, hinged to to said flange and adapted to cover or inclose the filling and pumping devices and bail or handle, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with an oil can provided with filling and pumping devices and 15 an annular flange as 6, of a bail or handle hinged to said flange and adapted to fold therein, and covers as 8, hinged to said flange and adapted to cover or inclose the filling and pumping devices and handle when the latter is folded within the flange, said covers being 20 also provided with openings through which the bail or handle passes When it is elevated for use, substantially as shown and described. Signed at the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, 25 this 23d day of March, A. D. 1892.

CHARLES S. UPTON. Witnesses:

L. E. CARMAN, J. K. GRIFFIN. 

